Name: Uptight
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1968-12-28
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Janet MacLachlan

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Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Theatrical

Dec 28, 1968

Director

Jules Dassin

Producers

Jim Di Gangi, Jules Dassin

Music

Booker T. Jones

Studio

Marlukin

Keywords

based on novel or book betrayal blaxploitation cinema reward modern day adaptation black militant betrayal by friend revenge killing 1960s death of best friend drunkard monetary reward police informant civil rights movement black power cleveland, ohio